Melicent Wathen

Melicent Wathen
Born(1883-03-19)19 March 1883
Died4 May 1984(1984-05-04) (aged 101)
Known forDiarist

Melicent Wathen (19 March 1883 – 4 May 1984) was a British artist, wife of Gerard Wathen, and diarist, known for her memoirs surrounding the Amritsar massacre of 1919.

In her 1919 diary, she writes about rumours of rebellion, that Reginald Dyer did not act alone, and how her husband helped prevent aerial bombing of Amritsar and the Golden Temple.

References

  1. ↑ Wagner, Kim A. (April 2018). "Fear and Loathing in Amritsar: an Intimate Account of Colonial Crisis" (PDF). Itinerario. 42 (1): 67–84. doi:10.1017/S0165115318000086. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Singh, Nikky-Guninder Kaur; Nesbitt, Eleanor (2025). "2. A historical overview from the past guru period to modern times". Sikhism - The Basics. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-040-36766-7.
  3. ↑ "Descendants of John Hanbury" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2025. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Wagner, pp. 39-40
  5. ↑ Wagner, pp. 98-99
  6. ↑ Dewey, Clive (1993). "7. Experiments with friendship". Anglo-Indian Attitudes: Mind of the Indian Civil Service. London: The Hambledon Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-1-85285-097-5.
  7. ↑ Wagner, Kim A. (1 November 2016). "'Calculated to Strike Terror': The Amritsar Massacre and the Spectacle of Colonial Violence" (PDF). Past & Present. 233 (1). doi:10.1093/pa. ISSN 0031-2746. Archived from the original on 6 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Collett, Nigel A. (2011). "The O'Dwyer v. Nair Libel Case of 1924: New Evidence Concerning Indian Attitudes and British Intelligence During the 1919 Punjab Disturbances". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. 21 (4): 469–483. doi:10.1017/S1356186311000435. ISSN 1356-1863. JSTOR 41490046.

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